cérébrale

Name: cérébrale, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\se.ʁe.bʁal\

/\se.ʁe.bʁal\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cérébrale” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,137
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de cérébral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cerebrale · cérébrale · French

cérébrale · rank #10,137 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,137
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH céramique

Nearest frequency peer: céramique (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

CP

89,867
cristaux

89,866
céramique

89,865
cérébrale

89,864
demanda

89,863
diplomate

89,862

What this shows « cérébrale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cérébrale vs cérébraux

78% similar

cérébrale vs cérébrales

90% similar

cérébrale vs céréale

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cérébrale
Property	Value
Headword	cérébrale
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\se.ʁe.bʁal\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#10,137
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cérébrale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cérébralese place ici:

#10,137

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « céramique » (#10,136), « demanda » (#10,138), « cristaux » (#10,135). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cérébrale » est au #10,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cérébrale (IPA \se.ʁe.bʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,137 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de cérébral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cérébrale, with forms such as "ccérébrale", "cerebrale", and "créébrale". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cérébraux", "cérébrales", "céréale", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cérébrale, spelled C-É-R-É-B-R-A-L-E.

Definition

1
Féminin singulier de cérébral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cérébrale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Cette période de vie cérébrale intense, mais dé-sensorialisée, correspondrait donc à une « métabolisation corticale » indispensable aux régulations rythmiques de l’organisme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccérébrale
cerebrale
créébrale
cérbérale
cérrébrale
cérébarle
cérébbrale
cérébrael
cérébralle
cérébrlae
cérébrrale
cérérbale
céérbrale
écrébrale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cérébrale - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "cérébrale"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cérébrale"?

"cérébrale" is spelled C-É-R-É-B-R-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁe.bʁal\.

What does "cérébrale" mean?

As an adjective, "cérébrale" means: Féminin singulier de cérébral.

What words are commonly confused with "cérébrale"?

"cérébrale" is commonly confused with "cérébraux", "cérébrales", "céréale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cérébrale"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cérébrale" is \se.ʁe.bʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cérébrale" come from?

"cérébrale" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cérébrale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

céramique#10,136 diplomate#10,139 dépassant#10,146 ethniques#10,151

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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